Containing and pouring can.



No. 792,621. PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905. A. H. & T. A, SGHLUETER. CONTAINING AND POURING- CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 19%.

ATTORNEY IV 1' '1 NE 55155 ADOLPH H. SCHLUETER AND Patented June 20, 1905.

ATENT FFICE.

CONTAINING AND POURING CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,621, dated June 20, 1905.

Application filed March 28, 1904. Serial No. 200,281.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ADOLPH H. SOHLUE'IER and THEODORE A. SOHLUETER, citizens of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the 5 county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Containing and Pouring Cans, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a containing can or To vessel; and it consists in the combination of parts and details of construction hereinafter more fully described by reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is the object of our invention to permit the withdrawal of liquids from larger to smaller receptacles without overflow and waste and to provide an apparatus for this purpose which can be effectively used without a faucet or separate filling-nozzle.

As shown in the drawings, A is the container, which in the present case is represented in theform of a metal can; but it will be understood that the invention can be equally well applied to barrels or other containers. This chamber is here shown as being provided with pivot-pins, as at 2, projecting from opposite sides of the can, and these pivot-pins may rest upon standards, as at 3, or any suitable supporting apparatus, so that the can may be readily turned upon its pivots.

A is a stop which limits the distance to which the can may be turned in pouring the liquid.

5 is a nozzle or tube fixed in one side of the containing vessel A, and when the vessel is in a horizontal position it will be seen that the first portion of this tube extends upwardly, so as to stand above the level of the lower side of the chamber. From the highest point of this tube it makes a bend, as shown at 5, and the discharge end extends downwardly, so that the whole tube is in the form of a siphon, the discharge end being lower than the connection with the body of the can.

\Vithin the upper head of the can,at one side of the center thereof, is fixed a tube 6, which is here shown as being disposed diagonally, having one end connected with a filling-nozzle, as at 7, and the other terminating near the front side of the can at a point between the top and bottom, so that when the can is turned down upon its side, as shown in Fig. 1, this open end of the tube is contiguous to the lower side of the can and the difference between it and the side of the can is such that it is normally lower than the discharge-siphon 5. Under these conditions it will be seen that when the can is turned into the horizontal position liquid may run out of the nozzle or pipe 5 and air will be allowed to enter through the tube 6 to replace the liquid which is escaping. Thus the tube 5 5 acts as a siphon, and as long as the discharge-mouth of the tube is uncovered the liquid will continue to flow.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the only vent is the air-tube 6, which is contained wholly within the can and which enters one head of the can at one side of the center thereof and thence is inclined toward the front side of the can or in the direction in which the can is designed to be tilted, said tube having its lower end terminating proximate to said side of the can. hen the can is tilted substantially as in Fig. 1, air will enter the tube and be delivered from the lower end thereof and will pass through the body of oil and enter the space above the oil to supply the partial vacuum which has been created by the oil flowing from the spout 5, the delivery end of which is on the same or a slightlylower level than the inner end of the tube 6. Should the spout 5 be cut off so that it lies on the same level'as the inner end of the tube when the can is in the position shown in Fig. 1, oil would not flow after the liquid in the vessel being filled covers the end of the spout and reaches the level of the inner end of the tube; but we prefer to lengthen the spout below the level of the lower end of the tube 6, so that the weight of the oil in this lengthened tube will draw on the can and insure a continuous flow until the liquid rises in the vessel being filled and covers the end of the spout and rises to a level with the inner end of the tube, when the flow at once ceases.

There will be no waste when the can is returned to its normal position, since the small quantity in the discharge end of the nozzle will return into the container.

No stop-cock is necessary, since the liquid THEODORE A. SOHLUETER, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

will not How until the container is fully tilted, l by reason of the ceasing of the bubbling noise as previously described.

\V hen the container is in its normal vertical position, it will be seen that by removing the cap at 7 the vessel may be filled through the tube 6, the liquid flowing down the diagonal tube and escaping between the inner end of the tube and the side of the chamber. The pouring-tube 5 being at all times open will allow the escape of air either while filling the vessel or when, by reason of expansion, there may be any undue pressure within the container.

hen the can is returned toits upright position and either withdrawing the spout from the filled vessel slowly or swiftly, no discharge whatever takes place from the container.

Should the filled vessel contain more than desired, part of the liquid can be drawn back into the container by keeping the dischargepipe in the filled vessel while tilting the con tainer upward.

Notification is given that the vessel is full within the container during the discharge caused by the inflow of air.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-.

ent, is-

An improved containing-can havingan airtubc contained wholly within it, having one end fixed in the head of the can, said tube extending at an angle toward the side of the can and terminating short of said side, a fillingnozzle connecting directly with the opposite or outer end of said tube, and a siphon-slmped pouring-spout fixed in the head of the can at one side of the center thereof.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH H. SCHLUETER. THEODORE A. SOI-ILUETER. \Vitnesses:

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